Francesco Forti and Denis Istomin will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Forti who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Forti is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Forti -> 1.34
Denis Istomin -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Forti vs. Denis Istomin
There is no head to head record between Francesco Forti and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Francesco Forti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-33 | 20-8 | 26-21 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 31-22 | 1-1 | 29-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-29 | 1-1 | 35-20 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, Forti reached the qualifications after beating Nicolas Barrientos 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Barrientos (6-3 6-1). During the match, Forti scored 59 points vs Barrientos’s 40. Forti was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Forti couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Forti lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Forti put 62% of his first serves in, winning 58% (19/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Barrientos 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Forti has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (176-129). 4-2 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Forti has an aggregate115-84 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Francesco’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.
Forti has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Forti has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Istomin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-26 | 8-10 | 4-7 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-29 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 24-32 | 17-14 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 760, the Uzbek reached the qualifications after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Uzbek defeated Fanselow (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Istomin and Fanselow scored the same amount of points (104). However, the world no. 357 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Istomin was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Istomin bagged 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Denis Istomin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Istomin put 53% of his first serves in, winning 74% (42/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (19/50) on the 2nd serve. Istomin broke Fanselow 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
The Uzbek has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Forti | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 |
| Pts | 59-40 | 104-104 |
| Total Points | 99 | 208 |
| Winners | 19 | 42 |
| %Winners | 32% | 40% |
Both Forti and Istomin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Denis Istomin lost 1 set while Francesco Forti hasn’t dropped a set so far. Forti has played 1 set(s) less than Istomin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Forti played 13 games less than Istomin. Francesco scored 19 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Istomin managed to score 42 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Forti | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 8 |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 57/107 |
| %1st in | 62% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 19/33 | 42/57 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 19/50 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 38% |
Forti didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Istomin made 8 aces . Forti won 58% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Istomin won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Forti | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 86% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 60% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Francesco broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Istomin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Forti | |||
| Q1 Barrientos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Istomin | |||
| Q1 Fanselow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 104-104 | 104-104 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/107 | 57/107 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 42/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/50 | 19/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 19 | 19 | |
| Saved | 15/19 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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